Small Research Grants

Overview

<p>Historically, the work we have funded through these grants has spanned, a range of topics and disciplines, including education, psychology, sociology, economics, history, and anthropology, and they employ a wide range of research methods. The following examples of recently funded small grants illustrate the diversity of what we support:</p> <p>an experimental study of how college students use visual representations in solving math problems<br>a study exploring the process of racial and rural identity formation among African American high-school students who attend de facto segregated schools in the rural South<br>a mixed-methods study focusing on the different types of knowledge novice and experienced teachers draw on in teaching for reading comprehension<br>The majority of small grant proposals that are funded by the Foundation are “field-initiated” in the sense that they are not submitted in response to a Request for Proposal (RFP). In the past, we have requested that proposals within the Small Grants program be submitted within one of the areas of inquiry listed below. The Foundation does not use this information in the review process, but captures it in the application to better understand the variety of research that is proposed.</p>